INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology advanced to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals with a 9-0 victory over Manchester College on Saturday afternoon.

Junior Scott Grubbs (Wildwood, Mo.) and junior Michael Schoumacher (Memphis, Tenn.) won at the first two singles spots, then combined for a win at No. 1 doubles.

Sophomores Alex Gumz (Palatine, Ill.) and David Becerra (Brownsburg) added No. 3 and No. 4 singles victories, along with a No.2 doubles win.

Sophomore Seth Hendrickson (Crawfordsville) pitched in a No. 5 singles victory, with sophomore Brent Frizzell (Avon) winning at the No. 6 spot.  Hendrickson and sophomore Dallas Burton (Haughton, La.) rounded out the performance with a No. 3 doubles victory.

The Fightin' Engineers earned their ninth consecutive victory to improve to 12-7 on the campaign.  Rose-Hulman will square off with Defiance College on Sunday at 8 a.m., with the title match set for 11 a.m. on Sunday.

ROSE-HULMAN 9, MANCHESTER 0

SINGLES
1 - Scott Grubbs (R) def. Josh Walker 6-3, 6-3
2 - Michael Schoumacher (R) def. Andrew Tkacs 6-1, 6-2
3 - Alex Gumz (R) def. Jeremy Patterson 6-1, 6-2
4 - David Becerra (R) def. Piero Ridoutt 6-0, 6-1
5 - Seth Hendrickson (R) def. Dan Beedle 6-3, 6-0
6 - Brent Frizzell (R) def. Dustin Schutte 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES
1 - Grubbs/Schoumacher (R) def. Walker/Tkacs 8-3
2 - Beccera/Gumz (R) def. Ridoutt/Beedle 8-1
3 - Dallas Burton/Hendrickson (R) def. Patterson/Schutte 8-0

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